Department of Physics at UMass Amherst
Upcoming Events
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Sep27
Evidence for a Gravitational-Wave Background
Michael LamSETI Institute4:00pmDepartmental Colloquium -
Sep28
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Sep28
Life in Complex Fluids
Paulo E. ArratiaDept. Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania11:30amCondensed Matter Seminar -
Sep29
Dark matter as a manifestation of gravity
Yuri ShtanovTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics2:15pmACFI Seminar
Department News
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Congratulations to Scott and Tigran!
Scott Hertel and Tigran Sedrakyan were awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. -
In memoriam: V. Adrian Parsegian
Prof. Adrian Parsegian, reputed biophysicist and inaugural Gluckstern Professor of Physics passes away. -
Student Awards 2023
The 2023 annual Physics Department awards were presented to graduate and undergraduate students at a luncheon on May 18th 2023 to recognize their achievements in academics, research, teaching and outreach. -
College awards for physics faculty
Physics faculty Brokk Toggerson, Shubha Tewari and Stéphane Willocq were recognized with College of Natural Science Outstanding Achievement awards -
Ajit Kumar recognized with campus teaching award
Physics graduate student Ajit Kumar was recognized with a Distinguished Teaching Award, the most prestigious student-initiated award on campus. Congratulations, Ajit! -
In memoriam: Morton Sternheim
Prof. Morton Sternheim, emeritus physics faculty colleague and founding director of the STEM Education Institute passed away on March 30, 2023
Physics Spotlight
Congratulations to Physics Grad Student Utkarsh Agrawal on his Defense and KITP, Santa Barbara Postdoctoral Fellowship!
This spotlight highlights one of our recent Physics graduate students, Ph.D. recipient Utkarsh Agrawal. He was chosen to not only introduce him to the larger physics community, but also to showcase his achievement on becoming a KITP, Santa Barbara postdoctoral fellowship recruit. Congratulations Utkarsh on your recent defense here at UMass and on your new position!

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